Registered Nurse (RN) - Telemetry

Conifer Health Solutions•Palm Springs, CA

About The Position

The Clinical Nurse assumes principal responsibility for the total nursing care of each assigned patient, including assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation. The staff nurse initiates teaching and educates patients and their families or significant others to help attain optimal health. Access to Patient Health Information is for treatment purposes only. This Telemetry role is a full-time night-shift position. Department-specific duties include maintaining chemotherapy competency, performing and documenting assessments, applying knowledge of unit-specific disease processes and commonly used drugs, supporting patient and family education, coordinating interdisciplinary communication, and facilitating discharge planning.

Requirements

Current California Registered Nurse license.
Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) or Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing (BSN).
Current American Heart Association BLS certification and ACLS certification; maintain both at all times.
Effective verbal and written communication skills and ability to maintain positive working relationships with patients’ families and coworkers.
Active listening skills.
Compassionate, nonjudgmental approach to caregiving and advocacy.
Ability to independently manage multiple priorities.
Compliance with the Respiratory Fit Testing Protection Policy.
Successful completion of an EKG test within 60 days of hire or transfer.

Responsibilities

Assume principal responsibility for assigned patients’ total nursing care, including assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation.
Obtain and interpret information in terms of patients’ needs.
Demonstrate knowledge of growth and development and the range of treatment needed for the ages of patients served.
Maintain annual competencies and chemotherapy competency.
Perform and document accurate comprehensive and daily assessments according to policy and unit standards.
Demonstrate knowledge of unit-specific disease processes and commonly used drugs.
Initiate and document ongoing patient and family/significant-other teaching.
Facilitate discharge by ensuring goals are addressed before discharge.
Initiate interdisciplinary communications and incorporate recommendations.
Work with other disciplines on complex discharge planning and early facilitation of discharge.
Educate patients and families or significant others to support optimal health.
Use Patient Health Information only for treatment purposes.